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god damn this DOOM box art is bad

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krang

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McBacon said:
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I dun fixed it
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lol, some wishful thinking going on there.
 
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starchild excalibur

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I actually don't mind it. It's not subtle, elegant, or metaphorical and that's kinda what I want out of my Doom game. The box art could literally just be "DOOM" in white font over black and I'd be okay with it.

But I look forward to seeing the inevitable, often ugly ultra minimalistic "artsy" fan art mock-ups.

edit: There are some good ones in this thread though. I dig officer.sanchez's.
 
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krang

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It's probably too subtle, but I do quite like the juxtaposition of the futuristic space marine holding the classic shotgun.
 
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SolidSnakex

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Hanmik said:
Ok Jason

http://kotaku.com/dooms-cover-fits-...m_source=Kotaku_Twitter&utm_medium=Socialflow

I like that you source your stuff.. almost as deep and thought provoking as your Destiny articles.
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Polygon also has an article up on how bad the boxart is (they also credit GAF with some photoshops)

http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/5/10916908/doom-box-art-terrible

I don't think i've ever seen this much negativity over a boxart before its release (obviously ICO still takes the cake as far as overall negativity).
 
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Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew

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Messofanego said:
Bioshock Infinite.
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Speaking of Infinite, one thing people keep bringing up in comments section as a devil's advocate for the cover is what Levine said about Bioshock Infinite, and that's that generic covers sell better than fun covers, especially for impulse buyers. It makes them pick the cover and look at the back of the box where they get more detail on what they're getting into. More on it here:

http://www.wired.com/2012/12/bioshock-infinite-box-art/

Though, as true as that is, his reasons were that no one (outside of folks who read about games) had heard of Bioshock. Doom doesn't fit there... or does it?
 
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InsaneTiger

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shagg_187 said:
Speaking of Infinite, one thing people keep bringing up in comments section as a devil's advocate for the cover is what Levine said about Bioshock Infinite, and that's that generic covers sell better than fun covers, especially for impulse buyers. It makes them pick the cover and look at the back of the box where they get more detail on what they're getting into. More on it here:

http://www.wired.com/2012/12/bioshock-infinite-box-art/

Though, as true as that is, his reasons were that no one outside of folks who read about games had heard of Bioshock. Doom doesn't fit there... or does it?
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Maybe, never thought about that way. Generic space marine still sells I guess.

maquiladora said:
You know it would be #1 on Steam within hours.
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I would buy.
 
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stan423321

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shagg_187 said:
Speaking of Infinite, one thing people keep bringing up in comments section as a devil's advocate for the cover is what Levine said about Bioshock Infinite, and that's that generic covers sell better than fun covers, especially for impulse buyers. It makes them pick the cover and look at the back of the box where they get more detail on what they're getting into. More on it here:

http://www.wired.com/2012/12/bioshock-infinite-box-art/

Though, as true as that is, his reasons were that no one (outside of folks who read about games) had heard of Bioshock. Doom doesn't fit there... or does it?
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Maybe it does. The problem is that, if we go by Levine's explanation of "I wouldn't know what sort of game is System Shock just by looking at the cover", we have the Doom 1 and 2 covers which IMHO explain well enough what sort of games Doom 1 and 2 are just by looking at these. No one is expecting equivalents of "Elizabeth and Songbird" covers - say, Cacos on a vine looking like fresh pack of cherry tomatoes, or marines in cryo, or anything like that.

Bioshock Infinite cover was better than this - heck, it was actually a pretty representative cover for game I didn't end up liking too much. It used a more representative color palette (I'm assuming the yellow filter is gone indeed), for example. The logo hinted at something connected to "American history themes". Here, we have a human-fitting armor with a shotgun. That's literally it.
 
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friskykillface

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That skull red DOOM cover is the best, its already got an M rating, at least go all out and have a fucking demon skeleton in bright red

this current cover is just meh x :/
 
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L4DANathan

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It is completely awful. I find it ironic as hell that they're supposedly going back to their roots in terms of gameplay, but their box art is as "modern" and "13 year old focus tested" as possible.
 
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Mulgrok

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What little enthusiasm I had for DOOM was washed away in the sea of urine soaking the cover. So boring and uninspired, and gives me the impression that the game will be too.
 
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